About
hello im hawk girl!
powers:
Belt with a special metal that defies gravity, artificial feather wings, archaic weaponry, flight, enhanced strength, healing factor, enhanced vision, reincarnation!
allias: Kendra Shiera Suanders Hall
Team affiliations:
(Hall, Saunders)
Justice Society of America
(Hall)
All-Star Squadron
(Saunders)
Justice League
Birds of Prey
Kendra Saunders Is the most Recent Reincarnation of Princess Chay-Ara of ancient Egypt and her husband, Khufu were murdered by a blade made from the Thanagarian "Nth metal." This mystical death cursed their souls to eternal reincarnation (as well as the souls of some of their enemies). But Kendra was different among those in this legacy — she was not born with the soul of Chay-Ara.
Kendra was a troubled youth and was tormented by the murder of her parents. When she was sixteen she became pregnant and gave the baby girl, Mia, up for adoption. Kendra stays in touch with Mia's adoptive family and on rare occasions will visit her daughter, though the girl does not know she is her mother. (JSA All-Stars #2) Later in her teens, she attempted suicide — and succeeded. But at that very moment, Chay-Ara's soul vacated its previous host and took root in Kendra's body. It was cosmic fate that Chay-Ara's previous host, Shiera Hall (Hawkgirl I) died at the same moment that Kendra committed suicide. (Kendra was also Sheira's grandniece.)
Kendra awoke from the suicide attempt with all of her own memories intact, but with none of the memories of her past lives. She knew something strange had happened because her eye color changed from brown to green. Her grandfather, Cyril "Speed" Saunders immediately recognized what had happened and began training Kendra to become the new Hawkgirl. (Sheira Hall was Speed's cousin.) (JSA #22)
She had a rocky start at adventuring; her first mission was to protect the infant who would become the new Dr. Fate. Ironically, it was Sheira's reincarnated son, Hector Hall whom Kendra was saving. This brought her into conflict with the Justice Society. Things were soon ironed out and Kendra joined the JSA. Soon after that, she helped recall the soul of Chay-Ara's lost beloved, Khufu, back to life in the form of Carter Hall (Hawkman). (JSA #23)
But in this life, Hawkman's return did not spell a rekindled romance for the Hawks. Partly because of her fragmented memories, Kendra rejected her "destiny" as Khufu's soul mate and spurned Carter's romantic advances. Regardless, they relocated to St. Roch, Louisiana and began exploring their relationship on new terms. (Hawkman v.4) Her prowess in battle not only gained her quick acceptance into the JSA, but into the JLA as well. Kendra was recruited by a robotic servant of the Batman to join the JLA when the main team was believed dead. In truth, the JLA had been lost in ancient Atlantis. Hawkgirl aided in finding the core JLA and then left the team. (JLA #69-75)
Hawkgirl suffered a couple severe injuries within a short time. First, when the JSA encountered the undercover Justice League Elite, an accident forced Kasumi's blades into Kendra. (JL Elite #6) Not long after healing from this, she fell victim to a rogues gallery of Hawkman's old foes led by the Fadeaway Man. (Hawkman #x-46)
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